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D Day Dakota being restored at Coventry.
Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 12:53
by Nigel H-J
Be good to see it take to the skies again.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-59872952
Regards
Nigel.
Re: D Day Dakota being restored at Coventry.
Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 14:21
by FlyTexas
Wonderful news!
Thanks for sharing this, Nigel.
Brian
Re: D Day Dakota being restored at Coventry.
Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 17:01
by TSR2
They better get a move on, as there will be nowhere for it to go shortly. Coventry airport has been earmarked to be turned into a giant battery factory.
Re: D Day Dakota being restored at Coventry.
Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 18:00
by DaveG
Maybe it'll be an electric powered DC3 then. A 3vDC.
Re: D Day Dakota being restored at Coventry.
Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 18:29
by Paul K
Was it USAAF or RAF ?
Re: D Day Dakota being restored at Coventry.
Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 19:23
by TSR2
DaveG wrote: ↑05 Jan 2022, 18:00
Maybe it'll be an electric powered DC3 then. A 3vDC.
Oh dear Dave… I think you’ve taken poorly
Re: D Day Dakota being restored at Coventry.
Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 20:17
by FlyTexas
Paul K wrote: ↑05 Jan 2022, 18:29
Was it USAAF or RAF ?
USAAF. It was based at, what eventually became, RAF Membury.
Brian
Re: D Day Dakota being restored at Coventry.
Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 21:02
by thehappyotter
TSR2 wrote: ↑05 Jan 2022, 17:01
They better get a move on, as there will be nowhere for it to go shortly. Coventry airport has been earmarked to be turned into a giant battery factory.
I was under that impression too. I think I read that WR963 is working out plans to move home.
Re: D Day Dakota being restored at Coventry.
Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 21:36
by Tomliner
This will be great news. You can’t have too many DC3s. I’m sure this project was featured in a tv prog around a couple of years ago when they were hoping to have it ready for the 75th anniversary of D Day.
EricT
Re: D Day Dakota being restored at Coventry.
Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 23:26
by Paul K
FlyTexas wrote: ↑05 Jan 2022, 20:17
Paul K wrote: ↑05 Jan 2022, 18:29
Was it USAAF or RAF ?
USAAF. It was based at, what eventually became, RAF Membury.
Brian
Cheers, Brian.
